"Mishaps of the New York–Paris Race Mishaps of the New York–Paris Race () was a 1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by the real 1908 New York to Paris Race, which concluded shortly before its release, the film followed a group of racers through a hectic series of unlikely obstacles and adventures across North America, Russia, and Western Europe in a highly unreliable race car. Film scholars have noted parallels to earlier Méliès films, including ""The Impossible Voyage"" and ""An Adventurous Automobile Trip"", and have commented on elements of racism in the scenario, but the film"
"The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ), making it the most expensive comedy film at the time. It is noted for one scene that was promoted as ""the greatest pie fight ever"". The Great Leslie and Professor Fate"
"won the film an Oscar. In his Top 10 Favorite Comedies video, Doug Walker cited Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate as a major influence for his ""Nostalgia Critic"" internet persona. The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ),"
"The Rat Race The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sam Butera and Gerry Mulligan have minor roles as saxophonists. Wishing to pursue a career as a jazz saxophonist, Pete Hammond Jr. (Curtis) takes a bus from his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to New York City and optimistically begins looking for work. However, jobs are extremely hard to find. He crosses paths with Peggy Brown (Reynolds), a model and dancer who has"
"of his cruise job. Peggy agrees to stay with Pete but tells him ""no more cruises."" The Rat Race The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sam Butera and Gerry Mulligan have minor roles as saxophonists. Wishing to pursue a career as a jazz saxophonist, Pete Hammond Jr. (Curtis) takes a bus from his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to New York City and optimistically begins looking for work. However, jobs are extremely"
"in a garage in New York City to embark on a coast-to-coast race ""with no catalytic converter and no 55-mile-per-hour speed limit,"" in the shortest amount of time. There is only one rule: ""There ""are"" no rules."" Their longtime nemesis, LAPD Lieutenant Roscoe (Normann Burton), also learns of the race (no explanation of how he learns of it is provided). Most of the film is devoted to the adventures of the various driving teams and Roscoe's ineffectual attempts to apprehend them. A number of running gags ensue – the Jaguar that will not start; the silent Lapchik's (Harvey Jason) numerous"
"in their Flying Machines"". Tony Curtis and Susan Hampshire played other contestants in the race; Curtis also starred in the similar period-piece comedy ""The Great Race"" (1965) from Warner Bros. The film was originally intended to be called ""Monte Carlo and All That Jazz"". The American distributors Paramount Pictures re-titled it ""Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies"" to tie it to Annakin's 1965 film; re-editing also meant cuts, up to a half-hour, from the original UK release. In the 1920s, the Monte Carlo Rally attracts competitors from all over the world. Rivals from Britain, Italy, France and Germany"
"As the race progresses, the conditions test not only the endurance of horses and riders but also their philosophies of life and the meaning of victory and defeat. Charles Bronson turned down the lead role of Sam Clayton before Gene Hackman was eventually cast. The movie was filmed on location in New Mexico and Nevada and begins in a church in the small town of La Puente, New Mexico. There are numerous scenes of steam locomotives at work, shot along the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad narrow gauge railway between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonito, Colorado. Other scenes were filmed"
"on his final victory (final because Roscoe, who has been after Bannon and Smith since they were in high school, has reached mandatory retirement age) and again utters the command ""Gumball"" to initiate a race back to New York. Most of the filming took place in Arizona. Opening scenes of the race were filmed in downtown New York City early on a Sunday morning on closed roads (including Broadway and Park Avenue.) The George Washington Bridge and Lincoln Tunnel was used for the exit from New York into New Jersey. The final duel between the Cobra and Ferrari was filmed"
"York City and Season 6 in Chicago), but the location of the start and finish lines were different. The other race to start and end at the same location was the inaugural Norwegian race, which aired in 2012. This was the first season in which the teams had to drive themselves at least once in every leg. As a result of scheduling conflicts filming the season finale, runners-up Eric & Jeremy were unable to attend the premiere of ""The Da Vinci Code"" at the Cannes Film Festival, which was their prize for securing first place in Leg 6. They later"
"goes to his former girlfriend and his current business partner Sam Harper at a restaurant in Chinatown. She recommends a way out: a massive illegitimate street racing event named ""The Run"", which is a 3000-mile (4828 km) journey across the continental USA, starting in San Francisco and ending in New York City. Sam manages Jack's $250,000 entrance fee for the race and promises him a 10% cut of the $25 million jackpot, but he has to defeat 210 other racers to win. To complicate things, he is in debt to both the police and the criminal organization, and both want"
"A+ to F scale. Rat Race (film) Rat Race is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Jerry Zucker and written by Andy Breckman. Inspired by Stanley Kramer's 1963 classic ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"", the film features an ensemble cast consisting of Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Lanai Chapman, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Wayne Knight, John Cleese and Dave Thomas. The film centers on six teams of people who are given the task of racing 563 miles from a Las Vegas casino to a Silver City, New"
"Rat Race (film) Rat Race is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Jerry Zucker and written by Andy Breckman. Inspired by Stanley Kramer's 1963 classic ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"", the film features an ensemble cast consisting of Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Lanai Chapman, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Wayne Knight, John Cleese and Dave Thomas. The film centers on six teams of people who are given the task of racing 563 miles from a Las Vegas casino to a Silver City, New Mexico train station where"
"occupation of Greece, hadn't run in six years when he came to Boston in 1946, with the help of Greek-American benefactors (George Demeter and Spear Demeter). He was emaciated from the lack of food in war-ravaged Greece, and at one point was told by doctors in Boston he wouldn't be allowed to run because they were afraid he would die in the streets. That backdrop only added to the almost mythic race performance, in which Kyriakides came on at the end to defeat the defending champion and set the best time in the world for 1946. Nearly a million people"
"From 1976, the course covers all five boroughs of New York City. It begins on Staten Island, in Fort Wadsworth, near the approach to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The bridge, which normally carries only vehicular traffic, is closed for the event. Runners use both sides of the upper level of the bridge and the westbound side of the lower level. In the opening minutes of the race, the bridge is filled with runners, creating a dramatic spectacle that is closely associated with the event. After descending the bridge, the course winds through Brooklyn, mostly along Fourth Avenue and Bedford Avenue, for"
"athletes compete against better-funded international rivals. On May 30, 1975, after drinking alcohol at a post-meet party, Prefontaine is killed when his MG convertible flips while driving. After his death, the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 gives athletes more control over their sports' governance. The majority of the film was shot at the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma, Washington. Peyton Field was redecorated to resemble Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. For the role of Steve Prefontaine, Jared Leto immersed himself in the runner's life, meeting with members of the family and friends. He bore a striking"
"vying for the race. In October 1988, the plan to move to Belle Isle was scrapped. Formula One left Detroit permanently, with the U.S. Grand Prix moved to Phoenix. It was in Detroit in that Italian driver Michele Alboreto drove his Tyrrell 011 to victory in the US Grand Prix East in what would prove to be the 155th and last ever F1 win by the Cosworth DFV V8 engine. For 1989, the race in Detroit was replaced by a CART event. Instead of moving to Belle Isle, CART utilized a slightly modified version of the downtown Renaissance Center street"
"California to enter themselves in the race. Among the other racers include Grammy and her pet dog Squirty, Gorthan the Destroyer of Light, Steed Dirkly, Malory ""Soccer Mom"" McDoogle and Dr. Professor (who is eliminated before the race due to him and his vehicle being accidentally vaporized by matter). The race begins in Hollywood where Grammy takes an early lead but is overtaken by Steed late in the leg. Upon arriving at the finish line in Mexico, the head of Globwobbler Studios named J.W. decides to extend the race to the Amazonian jungle due to high public ratings. While racing"
"to increase attendances. Bobby's mechanic, Bowswer Smith, exposes the truth. Bobby refuses to drive Carstairs' car in the big race so Bowser replaces him and is killed. Bobby quits racing and settles down on a farm with Shelley. Gary becomes a champion stock car racer. Gary's father marries Bobby's mother and Carstairs is arrested for embezzlement. Filming started in October 1966 and mostly took place around Nashville. In real life, Tommy Kirk was a go-karting enthusiast. However he did not remember the movie fondly: James Dobson was the other big star and he was a complete jerk... as far as"
"special tokens are placed in the casino's slot machines and the winners are told that $2 million in cash is hidden in a duffel bag in a train station locker at Silver City, New Mexico, which is 563 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Each team is given a key to the locker and to race to the train station in order to claim the money. Unbeknownst to the competitors, Sinclair's wealthy patrons place bets on who will win. The patrons continue making smaller bets throughout the film while being facilitated by Sinclair's assistant Grisham, who at one point hires an"
"in the terrifying mountain pass with the falling snow and rocks. After the race at the Rocky Mountains, Jack races through Denver and the Badlands, where he races against his rival, Calvin Garret (who drives a heavily modified Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG), who he and Sam saw at the Chinatown restaurant, across the Mississippi River. Upon arrival in Chicago, Marcus Blackwell, Jack's biggest rival and the main antagonist of the game, uses his connections with the mob to organise a ""welcome committee"". Jack is then forced out of his car and pursued on foot by the mob's machine gun-mounted helicopter. After"
"a heavily modified Aston Martin One-77) through the crowded morning streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Marcus uses a dirty technique at Jack by shooting his gun at Jack's car, causing Jack to enter the subway tunnel with many Metro Trains, but Jack escapes and on the final stretch, Marcus is killed after he flips his car. As a result, Jack wins The Run and claims the $25,000,000 jackpot. Later on, Jack meets with Sam in Brooklyn, who gives him the key to the deposit box at the Grand Central Station. She also informs him about another job, which he happily"
"finish line) and the backstretch are banked at nine degrees. All the racing action took place in the American community of Dover, Delaware with five hundred laps completed on a paved oval track spanning . It took four hours and three minutes (243 minutes) for the race to reach its full conclusion; Richard Petty defeated Charlie Glotzbach by more than one lap in front of eighteen thousand people. Notable speeds for the race were: for the average speed (which was a record during that era) and for the pole position speed. Total winnings for this race were $59,965 ($ when"
"The complete season was released on DVD on October 7, 2015, via Amazon.com's CreateSpace program. This season of the Race traveled a little over to 20 cities and across four continents. Filming started on June 18, 2011, with teams seen leaving Los Angeles International Airport and heading to Taiwan. The starting line was located at the Hsi Lai Temple in the foothills of Hacienda Heights, California. As with the previous season, racers had a task they had to perform before receiving tickets to their first destination. American film crews were also spotted in Hillerød, Denmark, and were suspected to be"
"the much successful Newman/Haas Racing with his longtime racing competitor and friend Carl Haas, winning more than 100 races and 8 Driver's Championships in IndyCar Series, although notably the team never won the 500. The film includes footage taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the legendary 2.5 mile track. Most of the footage is from the 1968 race. The accident during the first green flag is from the 1966 race. The film earned an estimated $6.2 million in rentals in North America. It was the 16th most popular movie at the US box office that year. Quentin Tarantino, when asked"
"a distance of around . The first edition of the race was from Plymouth United Kingdom to New York City; the editions from 1964 to 2000 were sailed from Plymouth to Newport, Rhode Island; the 2004 event sailed from Plymouth to Boston, Massachusetts. The actual course steered is the decision of the individual skipper, and the result of the race can hinge on the chosen route: This variety of routes is one of the factors which makes an east-to-west north Atlantic crossing interesting, as different skippers try different strategies against each other. In practice, though, the winning route is usually"
"to expel him if he participates, as well as remove Father Hibbert from the priesthood should he try to interfere. Both Ralph and his mentor must then decide how deeply they believe in miracles, and what is possible when a person risks everything without promise of success. Both he and Father Hibbert defy Father Fitzpatrick and decide to go to Boston. Ralph ends up winning second place after a close race with the previous year's winner and gives the medal to his mother who wakes up from her coma. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Hamilton, and Toronto."
"passage from Nome, Alaska, across the Bering Strait to East Cape, Siberia, this at a time when ""the motor car is the most fragile and capricious thing on earth."" The race, which was the first of its kind among automobiles, commenced in Times Square on February 12, 1908. Six cars representing four nations were at the starting line for what would become a 169-day ordeal (making it, in terms of time taken, still the longest motorsport event ever held). The national flags of Germany, France, Italy and the United States flew, with the Protos representing Germany, a Zust representing Italy,"
"problem for Steve in his efforts to continue racing competitively and support those who depend on his intense generosity. Susan Jacks (Sinatra) is the IRS agent assigned to keep tabs on Steve and apply his future prize money toward his $150,000 debt, but she ends up taking a romantic interest in him as well. This movie is loosely based on Colonel Tom Parker and his gambling habit and the money he continually siphoned from Elvis. Elvis was paid $850,000 plus 50% of the profits. Filming began on 26 June 1967. Scenes were shot at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord,"
"an autumnal tradition as huge crowds of knowledgeable racing fans flocked to Upstate New York each year amid the spectacular autumn colors of the region. The race was also among the most popular on the global Grand Prix calendar with the teams and drivers because its starting and prize money often exceeded those of the other races combined. The race received the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970, and 1972. One fixture of the USGP at Watkins Glen was the starter for the races, Richard Norman ""Tex"""
"by U.S. troops. Larssen explains that he is a physicist on important government business. After several interrogations, Larssen is granted an audience with General George S. Patton who explains that a major military operation is currently being planned to keep the Race out of Chicago. Since he is so valuable to the war effort and because of the dangers involved, Patton refuses to allow Larssen to proceed to Chicago until the Americans have secured the city. As the winter of 1942 begins, the Race's attacks begin to lose momentum. They are completely unprepared for the kind of winter weather they"
"to New York City from the South following the ""pony routes"". The Havre de Grace Racetrack operated from 1912-1950. Al Capone was reported to have spent some time at the former ""Chesapeake Hotel"" (now known as ""Backfin Blues; Creole de Graw""). At the end of the 1950s, the state removed the horse track, and its race and betting rights were bought by the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. An incident during 1949, when the city denied a license to use a city park and arrested a Jehovah's Witnesses preacher, led to the US Supreme Court case of ""Niemotko v. Maryland"""
"announced at one stage.) Working with Warner, Curtis's new agent Irving ""Swifty"" Lazar negotiated US$125,000 for Curtis, more than Edwards and Lemmon who were to receive US$100,000 each. After Warner signed the Curtis contract, Lazar reasoned that Edwards and Lemmon should also make US$125,000 and Warner upped their compensation to match Curtis. Natalie Wood did not want to make ""The Great Race"", but Warner talked her into it. Wood was unhappy with her career and her personal life, having recently divorced from Robert Wagner in April 1962. Warner asked Curtis if he would give a percentage of his film royalties"